Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-18
CHAPTER ~.

CHAPTER ".
The sun was high over the short IInls
when Mistress Thankful the next day,
drew up her sweating mare beside the
Blossom Farm gate. She had never
looked prc;ticr, She hal never felt ore
cmharr" sell. rs She entered her own
house. During her rapid ride She had al
ready framed "A speech of apology to Mai
Van IHndt, which, however utterly fed
from her lips as that officer showed him
self respectfully on the threshold. Yet
she permitted him to usurp the functions
of the Ernning Caesar, and help her from
her horse; albeit she was conscious of eX-
hiDiting the awkward timdity Of a bash
full rustic. until at last, with n stammer-
ing Thank ye," she actually ran up
stairs to hide her glowing face and far too
conscious eyelids.
During the rest of that day Mai Van
Iandt quietly kept out of her way, with
out obtrusively seeming to avoid her Yet,
when they met casually in the perform
Hnce of her household duties, the innocent
Mistress Thankful noticed, under her
downcast penitential eyelids, that the eyes
of the officer followed her intently. And
thereat she fell unconsciously TO initiating
him; and so they eyed each other furtvely
like cats, and rubbed themselves along the
walls of rooms and nassagas wben fhnv
met, lest they should seem desgnedly to
come near each other, and enacted the
gravest and most formal of genuflections,
cOurtesies and bows when they accident
ally did meet. And just at the close of
the second day, as the elegant Maj. Van
Xandt was feeling himself fast becoming
driveling idiot and an awkward country
ouortors ea1ed tbo+ cort1er,or liz soif
resnect forever
Mistress THANKFUL r,.os IN bor eittirc,
room when he knocked nj thc door She
orened il in suddan conscious tranidotion
~ osl- nordon fo,, ir+r,,diro, Ntistrosz
Thankful BIosson, - no soid c.rovaI,,. ohm
7 hnvn barn',-bo hoIJ ont = rrnto',+io,s
documrnt-..o Irttnr for Won from lad.
oIortrrs Nav homo that il rn,',,ins
Good na,vs-tLa roIaa.a ot vonr fothar
and that if relieves Won fran; nv presence
and an esnionarn which I assure Won car,
NOT he ,,nre InrIaosant tn Won nan II hos
bren RI rysalf' !
As he entered the room. Thankful Ind
risen IN her feet with fine fnli intention of
DELIVERING 10 him her little SET analogy.
INT a. he ended his snnacb shn 1odlad ~
him hlonlIv md hnrit ont cr,.i,.,.
t,sf nj
side and holdince her cold lrrt. hand
| Tbon ebo ,uoro,,od 10 saw, bo,,,.o.,, ba,
.., 49, -, III I,,,,,, 49,, TO-, -, ,,,.i-.
'0't0' Iii"1 iiT i , - ~ i''''hS
al apology 10 MIN, thdu she u''l Wanteu
| TO say ever since she arrived that she had
| been rude very rude, and that she knew
| he never could forgive her: that size had
! been irving to say that She never cOuld
| forret his Gentle forbeororco. .orl-- ~ she
! olIod e,,,ilorl,, ,o;si,,cr Lo,. +oo,. f:,,r,J
,-' - +S:I ~ 80
brown nus W 'le as.ohlsneu Hi"A' you
| Wouldh l ever leu meg
Dear Mistress thankful, SAID the
| major in conscience stricken horror, If |
| have made myself distant to YOU, believe
me il WAS only because | feared to in
+rrdo ,,non vo,,r sorrow raolI, .laor
| Ntistross Thoyl-f,I- ~,
| 15U1,.o, ', -, ~, .., . 49,,
men YOU 'ooh an 'Iac p'IliH 10 70
| Iounu lhc nan IllSteau Oh through lHe
| dining room, lest should ask you to Tor
| give me, " SObbed Mistress Thankful, Il
| Observation-Disclosures me, and pre-
let ,,D, 10 -l;.,o.... 1900.